More Inner Peace Through Laundry

This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015In my last post, I shared a recipe for Laundry Sauce – one of my favorite homemade laundry detergents that costs just pennies a load and does a great job.  I mentioned a second recipe I love to use, and I’d like to share it with you today. This homemade detergent is in powder form, as opposed to the ‘pudding like’ texture of the Sauce.  It’s Continue Reading

The Great Squash Mutiny

This post was most recently updated on May 17th, 2015Over the past several years, my husband and I have made changes in our lifestyle designed to allow us more freedom – both financially and time-wise. We moved out of a town where the taxes and utility costs were sky high, into a much smaller house in the country where living expenses are lower. We paid off our cars and kept them, rather than trading them Continue Reading

Making Do

This post was most recently updated on May 17th, 2015Making do is a term I grew up with.  It means that you don’t go out and buy a new thing just because the old thing is worn out, broken, old or you’re tired of it.  You make do with what you have.  You try to repair the old thing.  Maybe you paint the old thing a new color or move it to a new location. Continue Reading